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Eclipse Adoption Study November 2006 (With Comparisons to November 2005 and September 2004 Study) Eclipse Adoption Study November 2006 (with comparisons to November 2005 and September 2004 Study) BZ Research BZ Research 7 High Street, Suite 407 Huntington, NY 11743 631-421-4158 www.bzresearch.com © BZ Research November 2006 Report revised January 5, 2007 Eclipse Adoption Study © BZ Research November 2006 Table of Contents Table of Contents ...................................................................................................................................................2 Research Methodology ..........................................................................................................................................4 QUESTION 1: Do the developers within your organization use the Eclipse framework? ...............................5 QUESTION 2: Which version(s) of Eclipse are you using?...............................................................................6 QUESTION 3: Which commercial Eclipse-based IDEs are you using?............................................................7 QUESTION 4: If your organization is not currently using Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools, do you expect to do so? ......................................................................................................................................................................8 QUESTION 5: Do you have any comments about your reasons for using Eclipse or for not using Eclipse?.9 QUESTION 6: If you use Eclipse, or Eclipse-based tools, why do you use it? ..............................................10 QUESTION 7: What types of applications are you building with Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools?...............11 QUESTION 8: Do you have any comments about the types of applications that you're building with Eclipse or with Eclipse-based tools?................................................................................................................................12 QUESTION 9: Are you and your team currently using Eclipse plug-ins? ......................................................13 QUESTION 10: If you or your team are using Eclipse plug-ins how many are you using? ..........................14 QUESTION 11: If you or your team are using Eclipse plug-ins, are they…...................................................15 QUESTION 12: What types of Eclipse plug-ins are you currently using or considering using in the future? ...............................................................................................................................................................................16 QUESTION 13: Have you written or are you writing/considering writing any Eclipse plug-ins or extensions?............................................................................................................................................................17 QUESTION 14: Do you have any comments about your experiences with Eclipse plug-ins -- good bad or otherwise? .............................................................................................................................................................18 QUESTION 15: Do you (or does your organization) require that new development tools be Eclipse-based or Eclipse-compatible?.........................................................................................................................................19 QUESTION 16: Is your organization formally involved with the Eclipse Foundation? ................................20 QUESTION 17: Do you or your team members participate in any Eclipse projects? ....................................21 QUESTION 18: Do you have any comments about your involvement with the Eclipse Foundation or your experiences with contributing to its projects? ....................................................................................................22 QUESTION 19a: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used by your organization?..........................................23 QUESTION 19b: Which Eclipse "bits" do you expect to be used within the next 12 months? .....................24 QUESTION 19c: Which Eclipse "bits" are currently used OR do you expect will be used by your organization within the next year? (Note: This is a summation of any who selected an item in either 19a or 19b.) ......................................................................................................................................................................25 QUESTION 20: What is your company’s interest/involvement in the Rich Client Platform?.......................26 QUESTION 21: Do you have any comments about your experiences with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform? ...............................................................................................................................................................................27 QUESTION 22: Which tools frameworks are currently in use within your organization? ............................28 QUESTION 23: How many developers are in your organization?...................................................................29 2 Eclipse Adoption Study © BZ Research November 2006 QUESTION 24: Where do you live? ..................................................................................................................30 QUESTION 25: Have you heard of any of the following companies? ............................................................31 QUESTION 26: Any final comments about Eclipse? .......................................................................................33 Index to Appendices.............................................................................................................................................34 Appendix I (QUESTION 3): Which commercial Eclipse-based IDEs are you using? ...................................35 Appendix II (QUESTION 5): Do you have any comments about your reasons for using Eclipse or for not using Eclipse?.......................................................................................................................................................37 Appendix III (QUESTION 6): If you use Eclipse, or Eclipse-based tools, why?............................................53 Appendix IV (QUESTION 7): What types of applications are you building with Eclipse or Eclipse-based tools? .....................................................................................................................................................................54 Appendix V (QUESTION 8): Do you have any comments about the types of applications that you're building with Eclipse or with Eclipse-based tools? ...........................................................................................56 Appendix VI (QUESTION 13): Have you written or are you writing/considering writing any Eclipse plug- ins or extensions? .................................................................................................................................................59 Appendix VII (QUESTION 14): Do you have any comments about your experiences with Eclipse plug-ins -- good bad or otherwise? ....................................................................................................................................60 Appendix VIII (QUESTION 18): Do you have any comments about your involvement with the Eclipse Foundation or your experiences with contributing to its projects?...................................................................66 Appendix IX (QUESTION 21): Do you have any comments about your experiences with the Eclipse Rich Client Platform? ...................................................................................................................................................68 Appendix X (QUESTION 22): Which tools frameworks are currently in use within your organization? ....70 Appendix XI (QUESTION 26): Any final comments about Eclipse?..............................................................72 3 Eclipse Adoption Study © BZ Research November 2006 Research Methodology Methodology – November 2006 Study An e-mail was sent out to 19,500 randomly selected SD Times subscribers inviting them to participate in a study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 19,246. The purpose was to ascertain their plans to use Eclipse-based technology and Eclipse plug-ins. The study was e-mailed on November 9, 2006, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on November 20, 2006. 769 subscribers, or 4.0% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question. BZ Research designed, conducted and tabulated the study. BZ Research is a division of BZ Media, publisher of SD Times. Methodology – November 2005 Study An e-mail was sent out to 17,500 randomly selected SD Times subscribers inviting them to participate in a study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 16,358. The purpose was to ascertain their plans to use Eclipse-based technology and Eclipse plug-ins. The study was e-mailed on November 4, 2005, and cut off and tabulated by BZ Research on November 7, 2005. 772 subscribers, or 4.7% of the respondents, completed the survey, although not all of them answered every question. BZ Research designed, conducted and tabulated the study. BZ Research is a division of BZ Media, publisher of SD Times. Methodology – September 2004 Study An e-mail was sent out to 14,200 randomly selected SD Times subscribers inviting them to participate in a study. Excluding bounces, the net number of surveys delivered was 14,158. The purpose was to ascertain their plans to use Eclipse-based
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